Amdahl Corp has taken its UTS mainframe Unix up to Version 4.1, which is based on the Unix System V.4.1 Enhanced Security release. It also adds the Amdahl-Universal Measurement Architecture, described as the first implementation of the specification developed by Unix International Inc’s Performance Management Working Group to define interfaces for gathering and reporting data on system performance. And it supports Amdahl’s OpenTune graphical performance monitor, an optional application that accesses and displays the information collected by the Universal Measurement Architecture. For the future, Amdahl is promising support for its UniTree hierarchical storage management system, X/Open Co Ltd Compatibility Guide 4-conformance, and the Open Software Foundation’s Distributed Computing Environment. Amdahl has also altered the pricing structure to encourage its customers to try mainframe Unix out, and now bases pricing on usage. Initial licence fees range from $15,000 to $25,000 and monthly licence fees range from $2,700 to $5,250, it says.
